Which Smartphone?

[Myriad2112]

I have an HTC smartphone that I have been quite happy with but it often shuts down by itself and the camera doesn't always work. I have been advised by 02 that I am due an upgrade. My friends seem divided between the iphone and the Samsung Galaxy. Just wondered which handset the Answerbankers prefer or would recommend?

[gingejbee]

Your friends are divided because they are BOTH very good phones.You really need to go to compare them yourself,,,after all, you are the person who'll be using it.

[mjwman]

I have the HTC one. Love it!

[Baldric]

On my 3rd iphone, luv 'em, but you need to go and see for yourself.

[Zacs-Master]

The Samsung has a considerably bigger screen so if your using your phone to watch video content, it would be better.

[woofgang]

iphone for me, but I agree, got to the shops and play with them both, not just look at the dummy ones, then decide.

[chelle7272]

I love my samsung, my son has just upgraded to htc one after similar issues to you with his old one. He loves it, and I have to say its anice phone. If you are comfortable with htc then that may be an option.
As has been said try them out, personally I prefer a phone I find easier to use over spec against similar phones.

[Myriad2112]

Thanks. I think that makes the score currently 2-2

[flobadob]

I moved from a Samsung Ace for the same sort of reasons but I got a Sony xperia Z and it's brilliant. Everything works every time you press on it and it never freezes. Only thing is when I got it I thought it was too big but in used to it now.

I would say you should not bother with the iPhone because using iTunes is a complete annoyance whereasb with android handsets it is easy to put music and video on your phone, which is a big plus for me. Don't get hung up on Samsung and iPhone, there are other options and the Z would be mine as I've never had a bad Sony phone.

[sunny-dave]

My worry about all android phones (whether sony/samsung/htc or whatever) is the inherent instability of the operating system - it's already bad and can only get worse.

Open source for apps may be good, but it comes at a price - which I feel now has become to high - the base android system is just a bag of unreliable nails.

After years of happiness with a samsung galaxy I've bailed out to the safety of the Apple nanny state and gone to an iPhone.

All of a sudden I have a phone that 'just works' rather than constant fiddling and crash recovery scenarios.

[marje]

I have an IPhone, it's brilliant, wouldn't swap it for any other.

[woofgang]

I have never ever ever had a problem with itunes.